Meaning

10 senses
  1. An inclination in a particular direction.

    Her trend is to dump boyfriends when it gets serious.

    the upward trend of stock-market prices

    Trend, Tendenz, Neigung

    тенде́нцияtɛndɛ́ncija, трендtrɛnd, направле́ниеnapravlénije

    тенде́нціяtendéncija, на́прямnáprjam, трендtrend

  2. A tendency.

    There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.

    a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

  3. A fad or fashion style.

    Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.

    Trend

    трендtrɛnd, мо́даmóda

    трендtrend, мо́даmóda

  4. An innovation, or a development of innovations.

    New trends in AI research are resulting in new opportunities.

  5. A general development over distance.

    The trend of the boundary goes around the mountains.

    general line of orientation

  6. A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points; the shift over time represented by such a curve on a graph.

  7. The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.

  8. The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

  9. (US, slang)Synonym of street takeover

  10. (UK, dated, dialectal, uncountable)Clean wool.

Examples

111 sentences
  1. I don't think it's a trend.

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  2. We expect this trend to continue.

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  3. I don't think that it's a trend.

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  4. She follows all the latest trends in fashion.

    ruОна следит за всеми последними веяниями моды.

    deSie richtet sich bei der Mode immer nach dem letzten Schrei.

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  5. This trend is something that we're currently studying.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
inclination in a direction:
a fad:
Русский
By meaning 2
inclination in a direction:
a fad:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inclination in a direction:

Origin

From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“t

From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.

Compare German trennen (“to separate”).

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Forms

plural: trends
Singulartrend
Pluraltrends

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the popular taste at a given time:voguestyle
  • a general tendency to change (as of opinion):driftmovement
  • general line of orientation:course
  • a general direction in which something tends to move:tendency

Word family

33 related words

See also

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